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The week's least intriguing Avatar article comes from Vanity Fair's usually engaging Julian Sancton, who interviews the guy hired to crate the Na'vi language -- i.e., Paul Frommer, Professor of Clinical Management Communication at U.S.C.
Sanction: "How would you greet someone who called you on the phone in Na'vi, if there were such things as phones on Pandora?" Frommer: "I would say, 'Kaltxi. Ngaru lu fpom srak?' Which is kind of, 'Hello, how are you?'" The piece includes a sound file of Frommer saying this.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 1, 2009 at 11:11 AM
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Rich S.
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Big money in this type of thing. I think there are Bibles translated into Klingon and Elvish.
Posted by Rich S.
at December 1, 2009 11:33 AM
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lazarus
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It's a nerdy job, but somebody's gotta do it.
Posted by lazarus
at December 1, 2009 11:53 AM
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Gordon27
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Is that true? I thought Klingon didn't have words for most of what Jesus said.
Posted by Gordon27
at December 1, 2009 12:45 PM
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Rich S.
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Gordon27, it may be (probably is) baloney, but this purports to be the Book of Mark, translated from Greek into Klingon:
http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/Klingon/mark.new.html
Posted by Rich S.
at December 1, 2009 12:54 PM
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Gogocrank
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This is just the latest red flag piece/article/whatever that focuses on something other than the film itself, which as of yet it seems no one has seen. There have been articles on Cameron, his methods, his techniques, 3-D, the budget, the language, whatever. But the movie itself? Nada. Which is maybe how it should be when it comes to flicks like this. Acting, direction and script are last in the pecking order.
Posted by Gogocrank
at December 2, 2009 4:48 AM
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CitizenKanedforChewingGum
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Last in the pecking order for whom, exactly? This is the media performing these pieces -- who seemed to be so all-consumed with the technology -- not Cameron himself, who always seems more than ready & willing (anxious, even) to talk about the story elements.
Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum
at December 2, 2009 7:27 AM
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Gogocrank
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Meaning last in line are the qualities that actually make a film good or not. Lots of movies are preceded by stories about or reactions to certain actors or performances, or other Oscar worthy (for whatever that's worth) qualities. But in this film's case, it's been all about everything but. And it's not just the media doing the lazy media thing. Clearly this is how the film is being marketed. The first journo to get access to the movie itself will no doubt write the hell out of the experience, as many did after the tease preview. Once again, the fact that no one has seen the final product yet implies they are going down to the wire to get the thing done. Which is shaky ground to be on.
Posted by Gogocrank
at December 2, 2009 9:22 AM
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